The Clifton clarion., 1887-12-14
A VALIANT FIGHT.
How Rochester, N. Y. Wrestled With
 tIs Telephone and Woni

Rochester, N. r., is the only city in the United States which does not generally use the Bell Telephone!
 On the 10th of November, 1886, about seven hundred subscribers hung up their phones, and they have been hung up since
 It is the most noteworthy fight with corporation ever known.
 The cause of it was the attempt of the local Bell company (whose off, cers all lived in another city) to exact a rate per message from the sub scribers, instead of flat rate." The people resisted it, the courts sus- tained the position that the license was revocable at will, the Common Council revoked it. The company ignored this action, and, without per- mission, erected poles in the streets and strung additional wires; but the courts held that this was unlawful.
 According to the message rate, 8 house like H. H. Warner & Co.,, proprietors of Warmers safe cure, who were among the heaviest patrons, would have to pay something like VI yUUO NCoL lOi llC tClC PilOhV service as before.
 For city of 125, ,000 people, Roch- ester has made good many sensa- tions. Sam Patch and his deadly leap, the Fox sisters spiritual rap pings, Stewards irrepressibie con- flict" speech, Susan B. Anthony's attempt to vote, the cometary discov- cries of Dr. Swift, of Warner observa- tory, have each made the city the talk of the world;" she leads in the manufacture of proprietary medi- cine, and her immense nursery, shoe and clothing interests puts her in the front rank The origin of one of her greatest industries is interesting: About ten years ago one of her fore- most citizens was stricken down in the very height of successful busi- ness career, with what his doctors said was an incurable disease. They gave him up to die. He then used what is now known as Warmers safe cure, and since then has developed as the worlds great champion of the people against the assumed mon- opoly of physicians over the treat ment of disease!
 His fight too has been a deter mined one, and as successful as de- termined. To-day he is the head of the largest proprietary medicine business in the world, having branch houses and laboratories in London, England; Toronto, Canada; Nell bourne, Victoria; Sydney, New South Wales; Frankfort, Germany; Prague, Austria Rangoon, Burmah.
 Many foreign governments will not permit the manufacture and sale of proprietary medicines of any name or nature until their formula, value and harmlessEess are by them estab- ished, after the most searching sci entific inquiries. In every case War ner's safe cure has passed examina- ton with the highest satisfaction to the government chemists and ana lysts, and the sought-for permission has been granted, which no other American has before secured.
 This confirms the magnificent rep utation given it by leading phy- sicians, senators, congressman, law yers, and ladies of the world. It's secret of success" says the leading physician at Clifton Springs. N. Y., sanitarium, is the simplicity of it's compounds and the proportions in which they are compounded"
 " How do the people get on?"
 The universal verdict is: We don't miss the phone, except to our profit"
 There has been practically no break in the united opposition begun lat November.
 The American is getting to be quite as tenacious of his personal rights as against conspiring monopol.es as is the typical Englishman, and this Rochester telephone episode is note- worthy illustration of the fac,